Ah! So glad you can make it,

  Let me grab a chair, so you can be seated,

  I’ve got so much to say, so much to do,

  And I’m hoping I can do them with you.

  ‘What’s with the rhyming?’ you may rightfully ask.

  Well, what I’m trying to show is a gargantuan task.

  So, as you have it, I decided to be in my comfort zone,

  And that happened to be practising poetry alone.

  But not this time, I said to myself, I’ll have you know,

  As I hope to reap the rewards of the seeds that I sow,

  From the words that I utter, I hope to convey,

  Three little words that I wanted to say.

  I’m rambling too much? Oh, I’m so sorry.

  I don’t mean to cause any trouble or worry.

  Guess the rhymes aren’t quite on it.

  Maybe I ought to try a haiku, limerick or a sonnet?

  You want me to speak normally? No, I’m not ready for that.

  What I’m trying to do is too difficult for a chat.

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  Here’s hoping that my next poem works for you,

  I think it could if it’s a haiku:

  *Ahem*

  Now my heart flutters,

  Oh, what joy to be with you,

  My wish is for more.

  So? How was it? Oh. You look confused.

  I guess haikus can do that to you.

  I’ll cross that out, do what’s left.

  I’m sure the limerick will have a greater effect.

  Eh. Talk like I used to?

  If I can, I would do.

  So, can I continue with the limerick?

  Thanks. Sorry for being such a prick.

  *ahem*

  I enjoy all things that we do,

  I have thousand thing I want to say to you,

  But it’s just three words I want to say,

  Hopefully I can say them one day,

  I dream that you feel the same way too.

  You don’t look that happy.

  Was I being too dull; too sappy?

  Oh. Why am I using poetry? Why am I acting so odd?

  Er. What I’m trying to say is that we’re two peas of a pod.

  Since that didn’t work, I will go for the sonnet.

  This is my final-

  Wait! Where are you going? Ok fine. I’ll stop with poems. I’ll stop with the rhymes. I’ll stop with the haikus. I’ll stop with the limericks. I’ll stop with the sonnets. I won’t use Shakespeare. I won’t sing your favourite band’s song. I won’t narrate a piece of prose. I won’t –

  Just get the point? Alright. I can do that.

  Look. I’ve known you since forever. We’ve played together, we’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together. Over that time, I grew more and more and more and – ugh. I’m rambling again. This is tough. I’ll start again.

  Alright. Alright. No poetry. But basically, over the time I have spent with you, I have gotten increasingly fond of-

  Now, you don’t have to give me an answer now. Take as much time as you want; I can't ask for more after you've waited so patiently for me. But essentially, the three words I wanted to say is that, well:

  I love you.